Japan Ramsar wetland
Kerama Islands
75 bird species recorded; the most from March to May.
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This month here
30 species in January.24 species in February.47 species in March.45 species in April.44 species in May.15 species in June.11 species in July.0 species in August.23 species in September.36 species in October.30 species in November.9 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
75 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 75Speciesrecorded more than once
- 29Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 884Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 124 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 2Owls
- 7Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 39Songbirds
- 9Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 75 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls2 species
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- Elegant Scops-OwlOtus elegansNT
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
Waders7 species
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- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Gulls & seabirds2 species
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- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
Ducks & geese5 species
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- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
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- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Songbirds39 species
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- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurata
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Grey BuntingEmberiza variabilis
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds9 species
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- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Black Wood PigeonColumba janthina
- Taiwan Green-pigeonTreron formosaeNT
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/18°61 mm
- Feb20°/18°50 mm
- Mar21°/19°81 mm
- Apr23°/21°124 mm
- May25°/24°209 mm
- Jun28°/27°293 mm
- Jul29°/28°125 mm
- Aug30°/28°174 mm
- Sep29°/28°186 mm
- Oct27°/26°126 mm
- Nov24°/23°83 mm
- Dec22°/20°67 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kerama Islands.
Island group
Kerama Islands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
75 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 884 open records.
The most recorded are the Large-billed Crow, the Zosterops japonicus and the Brown-eared Bulbul.
9 species come for the summer, 18 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from March to May.
Get there and watch
- 阿真キャンプ場campsite · 6.5 km · 2 within 10 km
- シーフレンドplace to stay · 3.3 km · 26 within 10 km
- Naha International Airport (OKA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 29 km in a straight lineCar hire at OKA airport (Naha)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1visitor centres within 6 km青のゆくる館
- 14viewpoints within 5 km阿波連展望台, 高月山第一展望台, 高月山第二展望台 and 11 more
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km阿真キャンプ場
- 26places to stay within 10 kmシーフレンド, シラハマアイランズリゾート, ペンション星砂 and 23 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Kerama Islands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmRirukawa-yama · 2.2 kmTakinomichi-yama · 3.4 kmUfu Taki · 5.2 kmBansho-yama · 6.2 kmŌ Take · 7.4 km
Islandyasthe islandTokashiki Island15 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmNeda-hama · 6.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Kerama Islands
Japan
- 44Birdyas Score
- 75Species
- 29Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q198422) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 884 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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